Sample name: De Long Mountains (riparian grass-willow)

Reference: R. J. Douglass. 1984. Ecological distribution of small mammals in the De Long Mountains of northwestern Alaska. Arctic 37(2):148-154 [ER 1588]

Habitat: boreal forest/taiga

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 20.0

CMT: -47.0

MAP: 300.0

Habitat comments: "dominated by cottongrass (Eriophorum sp.) and other sedges (Carex spp.), dwarf birches (Betula spp.), and willows (Salix spp.). Tall stands of riparian willows occur along most drainages"
climate data are for the Asik watershed within the Noatak National Preserve and are from Stottlemyer et al. (2000, USGS Prof Paper 1662)

Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Site area: 0.76

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,Sherman traps

Sample size: 96 individuals

Years: 1978, 1979

Days: 18

Nets or traps: 100

Net or trap nights: 1800

Sampling comments: "100 stations of one trap each... Grids were four columns wide by 25 columns long and encompassed areas of 0.76 ha... Columns on all grids were 15 m apart and rows were 7 m apart. Grids were sampled for three consecutive days each during June, July, and August 1978 and 1979. Sherman live-traps (23 x 8 x 9 cm) were covered with plywood, baited with rolled oats and peanut butter, and checked once daily""

Sample number: 1817

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-12-11 12:53:24

Modified: 2015-12-11 01:54:08